Trump Has Selected Jared Isaacman as the Next NASA Administrator | NextBigFuture.com
President Trump has announced that he has selected Jared Isaacman as the next NASA Administrator. Jared was the commander of Inspiration4, a private spaceflight using @SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. Also, earlier this year he completed the first private spacewalk.
Jared is the founder of Draken International, a private air force provider, and the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, a payment processor. As of September 2024, his estimated net worth is US$1.9 billion.
Isaacman was the commander of Inspiration4, a private spaceflight using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 16, 2021. The crew returned to Earth on September 18, 2021, after orbiting at 585 km (364 mi) in altitude. The mission was part of a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, to which Isaacman pledged to donate $100 million.
Isaacman commanded the Polaris Dawn mission, the first private spaceflight in a series of missions named the Polaris Program. During this mission, on September 12, 2024, Isaacman became the first private citizen to perform a spacewalk. Over the five-day flight, the crew performed about 40 different science experiments and provided more insight into life in space. The crew also completed the first crewed demonstration of Starlink laser communication in space.
NEWS: Trump has announced that he has selected Jared Isaacman as the next NASA Administrator.
Jared was the commander of Inspiration4, a private spaceflight using @SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. Also, earlier this year he completed the first private spacewalk. Congrats @rookisaacman! pic.twitter.com/myxx9xZA4O
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